Updating to latest Realtek drivers doesn't fix it. Doing a Windows Repair & Diagnose Startup Problems does not fix the issue.Īudio doesn't work. Instead you must use the "alt" on startup technique. Windows can boot to OSX, but OSX and Windows cannot boot to Windows (error No bootable device - insert boot disc and press any key). On the partition screen delete partitions 4 and above and use the unallocated space for the windows partition.UPDATE: This is likely the cause of Issue 1 later when installing, delete the first partition called EFI on the partition screenġ.
To install Windows, restart the installation. To avoid the error Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation.Boot into the installation media by restarting, hold alt key, and selecting "EFI".Using "Disk Utility" to resize the OSX partition and leave the free space free.use gdisk to delete the "Hybrid MBR" setup that "Bootcamp Assistant" created, gdisk instructions here On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. Then to avoid the error Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Remove "Pre" from the USB and EFI listings if it is there Or by modifying your iMac's Bootcamp Assistant using sudo vi /Applications/Utilities/Bootcamp Assistant/Contents/ist and adding it to the HAR listing, the USB listing and the EFI listing.Using "Bootcamp Assistant" on your Macbook Air.Create a mac bootable windows usb drive by either (windows install dvd will not boot on EFI systems):.Download the "bootcamp drivers" from here, as of 15 September 2014, for the iMac Mid 2011, these are the latest.Remove your firmware key by restarting, holding alt, choosing recovery, then in "utilities" choose "firmware assistant" or something.UPDATE: Because of the issues listed later on, I've decided that Windows 8 via Boot Camp is futile. RECOVERY: If you nuke your machine, restore your time machine backup. System and Storage hard drives), and be super careful to not erase the wrong one. Also make note of which drives and partitions remain (e.g. IMPORTANT: Unplug all external and physical hard drives (where possible) that you won't be installing to to avoid accidentally erasing them. This guide is so complicated because the iMac's 27" Mid 2011 SuperDrive doesn't recognise the windows install disc. UPDATE: See comment section below this post.